Posts with the tag: Arthur J. “Dutch” Bergman

The Archivist’s Nook: Never Say NEVER

On July 13, 2020, the Washington Redskins announced that they would finally be retiring the team name—a move that the team’s owner, Dan Snyder, had repeatedly resisted, perhaps most vehemently in 2013. His exact words: “We’ll never change the name. […] It’s that simple. NEVER — you can use caps.” Controversy over the team’s name Read More

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The Archivist’s Nook: CUA Goes A Bowling

The end of the college football regular season is upon us, and for those who are big supporters of the sport, that means one thing is around the corner: Christmas. Oh, and the football postseason as well. For schools in the Football Championship Subdivision (the old 1-AA), Division II, and Division III, this means playoffs. Read More

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The Archivist’s Nook: A Knute Rockne Protégé at CUA

As I mentioned in a previous post in June, I am currently attempting to make heads or tails of the university’s athletic collection (not an easy task, when you have material related to basketball mixed in with field hockey). During a recent adventure in the collection’s voluminous news clippings, I stumbled upon a connection between the Read More

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